Reclining-chair.



H. G. GEISLER.

RECLINING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1912.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914:.

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H. G. GEISLER.

REGLINING CHAIR.

APPL-IOATION FILED MAY 4, 1912.

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REGLINING- CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 4, 1912. Serial No. 695,193.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that LHENRY G. GEIsLER, citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, havein'vented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining- Chairs, of which the following is a specification. g This invention relates to reclining chairs, and has as its object to provide a chair-including a tiltable back and leg-rest, both of which may be readily adjusted -to various positions of inclination comfortable to the occupant of the "chair withoutthe necessity of the occupant leaving'th'efsame;

One of the primary aims-of "the -inven-- tion is to so connect the back-and leg-rest.

of the chair that the two will beparallel in all positions to which theymay be adjusted, and incidentally to provide means for holding. these elements ofthe chair at adjusted positions, which means may be readily manipulated by the occupant of the chair to secure the adjustment desired.

Further, the invention aims to provide means for automatically moving the back rest and leg-rest toward upright position when the means forholding these parts at adjustment is released by the occupant of the chair. v I 1 For a full understanding of the inven tion reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the chair embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken in 3 is a'verticaltransverse sectional view on the line 33 of'Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is-a horizontal sectional view taken in a plane below the seat of the chair. Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the means provided for holding the back and leg-rest atadjustment.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indi cated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

While the framework of the chair may be of any suitable construction, it is here shown as including a base frame the sidesof which are indicated by the numeral 1 and the front and rear rails by the numeral 2. a

.The forward legs of the chair are indicated by the numeral 3 and the rear legs by the numeral 5 and extend between the upper ends of the front'and rear legs 4.

by the numeral 4,-these legs upstanding The seat "of the chair is indicated by the secured at its ends to the "sides 5 and extends transversely beneath the seat (y-and serves to support the means provided for numeral 6 and is securedat its opposite lateral edges to the sides 5. A cleat 7 is holding the "back and leg-rest, of the chair at adjustmentaswill be" presently explained. The back'of the chair is illustrated as consisting ofa frame including side'mem bers 8, a cross-piece 9ywhich connects the said-members at their upper ends, and a cross piece-l0 which connects; the said side members between their upper and lower ends. F'rom'this it will be seen that the side membersp'roject below the cross-piece 10 and in mounting the back between they sides 5, pivot bolts 11 are secured through the said' sid'e members at their upper rear corners-and through-the side members 8 immediately below the point of attachment of the ends of the cross-bar thereto.

The leg-rest of thechair comprises a rectangular frame, the side members of which are indicated by the numeral 12, an upper cross-piece 13 and a' -l0wer cross-piece 14,

and this 'le,g.,"-rest 'is 'supported for tilting movement by means of hinge-plates 1 5, se

cured at the .upper ends- 0f the side memhere 12 of the framefand pivoted as at 16 fat the uppe'rf'forwardcorners of the sides; 5;,

As before stated, the back and leg-rest of the" chair are connected for'tilting movementin such manner that they will n'aim tain. 'positions in planes parallel toeach other, and this connecting means consists of a pair of bars lT pivoted at theirv for ward ends'as at 18fto the sidemembers 12 of the frame of the -'legrest and at their rear ends to the' lower ends of the side members 8 ofthe frame"constituting the-back x of the chair, asindic'ated at 19. The arm-rests of the chair are indicated *by' the numeral 20 and are pivoted at theirrear-ends as at 21 to the side members 8 the respective arm-rests '20. "By's o mount and in so doing, byreason of the connection had between the leg-rest andthe lower ends of the sidemembers of the frame of the back, to swing the' back forwardly. In or der to held the leg-rest and back-rest at adjustment, avbar 29 is pivoted as at30 at its forward end to a t hecleat .26, and extendsv through an opening 31 in the cleat 7 andprojects rearw'ardly beyond this cleat, This bar'vis formed in one jlateral edge with a number of notches 32 inwhich latch-bolt I is adapted to be deta-chably engaged The I Contact this'patent inay beiqbteinedjer in ecent: each, addressing the WashinztonJLG. v.

latch-b oltis indicated by the numeral 33 andis slidably mounted in a casing Bisecuredgupon the rear sidejof the cleat "Z, The:

latch-bolt33 projects at one end tllIOllghOIlf); 7

end wall of the casingBl, as illustratedyin Fig. i of, the drawings, and seats in one or another of, the notches 32,'in the bar 29.; A spring .35 isarranged upon the latch-bolt 33 and bears atonevend against a collar 36 upon the said latch-bolt and at its other end against. the other 'end wall, of the casing 34 andv serves to normally hold the end of the latch-bolt engaged in the notches in the said bar 29. An angle lever 37 is pivotally mounted as at88 upon the. cleat and a link 39 ispivoted to one arm of the: angle lever and to the; projecting end of the latcl r-bolt 33., A chain or other suitablevfiexible element 40 is connected to'the other arm of the angle lever and to-the junder side of the ad jacent arm-restZO, and being in this manner arranged within convenientreach (of the occupant offthe chair, j j From the foregoing description of the invention it willbe readilyunderstood that by pulling upon the chain 4:0, the latchbolt willi be withdrawn, fromiengagementin j the notches the z 29 and while so dis- ,Vengaged the occupant of the chair may lean back, thereby tilting and swinging: back the v back-rest, of'the' chair against the tension of the spring 27,;thegleg-re'st beingat such' times swungitor wardlyj and upwardly.

Shou ld itbe' desired to cause the back-rest and leg rest to assume a substantially vertical position, a pull is exerted uponthe chain L0 as in the former instance and the spring -37 will then act to automatically swing the back-rest forwardly andthe legrest 'rearwardly. It will be understood that thesepadju'stments may be secured without theoccupant of the chair leaving the same. The chair, can of course, beprovided with any suitable form of cushion and the euslr ion here shown consists of a seat section &1

and back and leg-rest sections and 43 which are connected at the rear and for: f5

ward sides of 1 the seat, section 4:1, in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2' ofthe draw-t,

ings.

frame-ofthe leg-rest. v

The sections 4-1, 4:2 and 43 of; the 4 cushion; of course rest respectivelyuponthe seat 6, the frameof the backrest and the I; i

Having thus described the 7' i is claimed as new is A chair; comprising a frame including a seat, a backarranged at the rear of the seat, 1

a leg-rest arranged at the front. of thes eat, an armrrest connected ,Wltll .the'frame and the. backto swing with the back, means connecting the back and leg-rest for swinging m ovementin unison, a cleat securedin the V trametransversely beneath theseat, a spring secured to and extendingbetween the leg. rest andthe cleat, a rack-bar pivoted at its. c

front end to the leg-rest aboveflthe spring andslidably supported by the cleat and pr o,

. je'eting rearwardly beyond the same, the

said-bar being vprovided at one edge with rack teeth, a latch siidably'mounted,upon the rear side ofthe cleat, a spring; normally;

holding the latch in engagement w'itlithelv v teeth of'thera ckkbar, an angle lever fur, crumed upon the cleat adjacent one side "of the seat and having one arm depending from its fulcrum and its other arm extendingtowardthe adjacent end of the cleat,

connection betweenthe depending arm' of I v the said lever and the said latoh,.and a flexible lifting: element connected to the other; arm of the lever and extending up beside; the seat andsecured to the adjacent movable;

arm-rest.

In testimony whereof I aflix my in presence of 7 two 'witnesses.

Witnesses:

CHASMA. C nMnNrs, l I HAR D N GREENLEAlm I signature I nENRY e-. e rsLER. [LL51 1 i it Commiszdqner oi Patents, 

